Research & Statistics

Visitor Experience

Surveys are carried out regularly by VisitScotland to find out what visitors think about their holiday in Scotland and what they do while in Scotland.

In 2007 the Tourism Attitudes Survey was renamed The Visitor Experience. The survey covers both visitors from within the UK and selected overseas countries. Please note overseas countries selected, differs from survey to survey.

Visitor Experience 2008

pdf Insights from the Visitor Experience 2008 Study
PDF document 35kb

Spitfire at Kelvingrove Museum. Photo credit: Les Chatfield / through a Creative Commons Licence

pdf 2008 Visitor Experience Executive Summary
PDF document 223kb

Copyright- VisitScotland/ScottishViewpoint

Countries surveyed, click to download country summary:

pdf Scotland  
PDF document 72kb

pdf England and Wales
PDF document 80kb

pdf Netherlands
PDF document 70kb

pdf Spain
PDF document 70kb

pdf Sweden
PDF document 70kb

pdf USA
PDF document 77kb

Visitor Experience 2007

Countries surveyed: Scotland, England & Wales, Germany, France, Italy and Canada.

pdf 2007 Visitor Experience Executive Summary
PDF document 325kb

Tourism Atitudes Survey 2005
The Scottish Crannog Centre, Kenmore, Perthshire

Countries surveyed: Scotland, England, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden

pdf  2005 Tourism Attitudes Survey
PDF document 100kb

Tourism Attitudes Survey 2004
The Bridge of Cally Hotel, Perthshire

Countries surveyed: Scotland, England, USA, Canada, Spain, the Netherlands

pdf  2004 Tourism Attitudes Survey
PDF document 35kb

Further Information

For further information on the Visitor Experience study please contact Fiona Carruthers or Karen McGregor in the Research Team.